Hot off the press! Check out our paper on the impact of LVI in esophageal adenocarcinoma and its impact on nodal staging, which was initially presented at STS! I’m really proud of our team for this great project! Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic Arizona Cardiothoracic Surgery Jonathan D'Cunha Justin Brady

Great news! We are ranked the #1 hospital in Arizona by the U.S. News & World Report U.S. News Health for the 12th consecutive year! We also made the National Honor Roll, and was nationally ranked in 10 subspecialties including pulmonology & lung surgery, gastroenterology & GI Surgery, and cancer!

Extra extra! Our paper in AnnalsSurgOncology is available online - survival in LVI+ patients with esophageal adeno is comparable to the next higher nodal stage. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10… Excited to see this one published! Britton Donato Justin Brady Pedroreck Jonathan D'Cunha

Honored to present our work on Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Recipients at ACS Quality and Safety Conference in the mile high city! Also grateful to American College of Surgeons for the opportunity to co-moderate a quality workshop breakout session with promising feedback!

The Intuitive DV5 has landed at Mayo Clinic AZ! Today, Dr Megan Nelson & Sinong Qian performed a robotic ventral hernia, which was also Arizona’s first robotic case on the new DV5 console. Looking forward to seeing this technology help trainees overcome their learning curves!

Congratulations to our Chief residents, Dr Eleanor Johnson, and Dr Sinong Qian on their MIS fellowship matches!! Dr Johnson matched to Univeristy of South Florida USF Department of Surgery, and Dr Qian is headed to University of Nebraska University of Nebraska General Surgery Residency!

Congratulations to our Chief resident, Patty Lu, MD, on her Endocrine Surgery fellowship match at University of Chicago UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine UChicago Surgery! We are very proud of you, and look forward to all the great things that you will accomplish in your career!

We have 2 postdoc openings for this innovative project. Funding is available for up to 3 years. We look for people who have track record experience in flow systems, microfluidics, or IBD-related research-its biology/physiology… DM or email us to inquire Suman Bose Justin Brady

Introducing our new Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery Program Director, Dr Megan Nelson! Dr Nelson was the Associate PD for Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery Rochester before she joined us in July 2022. She takes over for Nitin Mishra, who took on his new role as Senior Associate Dean. Thank you, Dr Mishra!

Thanks Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery! #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg 📸 Gopika SenthilKumar, PhD

Mayo Clinic AZ resident representation at #SAAS2024 Mayo Clinic General Surgery Residency

Great Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery rep at #SAAS2024 this year! Akash Kartik presented on the need for revised volume thresholds, PI #NabilWasif #StephanieYu presented on closures of safety net hosps, PI #IrvingJorge Valerie Armstrong, MD presented on adj chemo after NAT for PDAC, PI Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH

Real-time dosimetry is the real deal — the cure for surgical lead foot, good for patients and staff! Congrats to Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery’s newest faculty member, Marin for her presentation at ESVS in Krakow. Ina William Stone

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This past month, Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery ‘s Vice Chair, Andrew J. Meltzer, MD, MBA, gave Grand Rounds on a topic near & dear to his heart - the Medicolegal crisis in the US. 90% of surgeons > 55yrs old have been sued. 20% of #SVS members has active litigation. MDs spend 11% of career w malpractice case.